media tycoon Oprah Winfrey Attending the International Lions Festival in Cannes, she reflected on her decades-long career as a media figure. During the chat, the star shared tidbits about her life on a film set while encouraging budding media figures to show restraint and compassion.
Oprah in her time Whitney Houston
In a conversation with Phil Thomas, president of the Cannes International Festival of Creativity, Winfrey discusses philanthropy, her journey to becoming one of the most influential self-made people, and more. Winfrey emphasized the responsibility that comes with influence, recalling one of her most memorable interviews with Whitney Houston on “The Oprah Show.” Recalling the trust they built before filming, she said, “We went through the whole process of, ‘Hey girl, how are you?’ saying hello, and then I stopped the camera, walked behind the stage, and I said, ‘So tell me, what do you want to happen here? I’ll tell you what I want to happen here.‘This is one of the most powerful interviews. “
Oprah recalls Whitney Houston falling off stage
She went on to reveal that Houston later returned to the show when she relapsed. “I have the trust of the Oprah Winfrey Show audience…I think that’s [Houston’s] The last time she performed with us, she was back on drugs,” Winfrey said.“The first interview I did with her when we came back to the stage, I asked her about her intentions and she was clean, but the day she came to my show and performed in front of an audience, she wasn’t and then she fell off the stage.”
Oprah ‘pleads’ viewers not to leak Whitney Houston details to media
The TV presenter recalled that she “begged” viewers not to tell the media about the incident. She said: “I knew if this story got out… she would be destroyed. So even though the audience was there and the audience had cameras, I begged them not to put these pictures out because it would destroy her life, but they didn’t.”Reflecting on how much the media landscape has changed since then, Winfrey added, “I can tell you that’s not going to happen today.”Houston died in February 2012 at the age of 48. Her death was ruled an accidental drowning.
